#40AACC#40AACC

#40AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AACC
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -19.41, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 32.57, 233.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0783 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.107 223)
XYZ	xyz(27.3837, 34.1960, 62.2723)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AACC #CC6240

analogous

#40CCA8 #40AACC #4064CC

triadic

#40AACC #CC40AA #AACC40

tetradic

#40AACC #A840CC #CC6240 #64CC40

square

#40AACC #A840CC #CC6240 #64CC40

split-complementary

#40AACC #CC4064 #CCA840

monochromatic

#1F5E73 #2C86A3 #40AACC #70BFD9 #A1D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#40AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AACC

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AACC	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3db',
    500: '#40aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aacc;
$custom-light: #86c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.34199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AACC

secondary

#D2A495

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AACC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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